prosperous age

Chapter 456

Emperor Jiajing asked about Feng Bao, and Huang Jin hurriedly replied: "My lord, Feng Bao is still staying in the palace for the time being. Due to the confinement of the palace for the past few days, the Supervisor of Ceremonies is not allowed to leave, even though he is here."

"Send someone to take him to Prince Yu's Mansion."

Emperor Jiajing ordered.

Emperor Jiajing arranged for Feng Bao early on, so naturally Huang Jin and Gao Zhong couldn't forget about it.

It's just that the palace is strictly forbidden now, neither Zhu Xizhong nor Zhu Xixiao will let any eunuch leave the palace without Emperor Jiajing's order.

"Yes."

Huang Jin agreed.

"Send over the memorials from the past two days. It has been delayed for a long time. Find out the memorials that need to be processed as soon as possible. Today, we will deal with the ones that need to be approved immediately."

Emperor Jiajing ordered again lightly.

Huang Jin went out to give some instructions, and not long after, Gao Zhong walked into Yuxi Palace with a few servants and slowly holding the memorial in his arms.

At this time, a carriage also slowly drove towards the palace gate, but was soon stopped by the imperial guards and Jin Yiwei in front of the gate.

"Who is in the car? Why are you leaving the palace?"

The officer on duty at the palace gate stood in front of the car and asked loudly.

The servant driving the car glanced at him, and said calmly: "The eunuch Feng Bao, Eunuch Feng Bao, is in the car, and he is going to Prince Yu's Mansion by the emperor's order."

While speaking, the servant took out a token from the Supervisor of Rituals from his arms and handed it over.

Hearing that the person in charge of the ceremony was in the car, the officer on duty became more respectful. He took the token with both hands and glanced at it, then turned his head and asked a person who looked like a clerk next to him, "Is there a record?"

"My lord, wait a moment."

The clerk quickly opened a booklet and quickly found a line of records. He had a conversation with the two previous people to confirm it, then nodded and said: "There is a record, you can let it go."

Soon, the carriage moved forward slowly again, left the palace gate, and drove along Chang'an Avenue towards Prince Yu's Mansion.

"Did the Ministry of Rites tell Xie Jiaomiao Sheji about the memorabilia? Yes."

In Yuxi Palace, a servant finished reading a memorandum, and then handed it to Gao Zhong, while Emperor Jiajing on the imperial couch just said a few words and stopped talking.

Immediately another memorial was opened, and the waiter read out loudly: "Yang Bozou, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, Yin Bingheng, the fifth military battalion, selected 2000 officers and soldiers to go to Juyong and the second district of Zhenbian to guard in early spring. "

This time, Emperor Jiajing didn't express his attitude right away. He seemed to be lost in thought, and said after a while: "Record, the battalion guarding the border is much larger than the original proposal to reduce the number of border troops. It is more familiar to know whether they should be sent away."

Gao Zhong took over the memorial at this time, quickly recorded Emperor Jiajing's words after the memorial, and then put it aside.

Yang Bo's memorial was not approved and must be sent back to the Ministry of War for further discussion.

"Shandong Xunyan censor plays, Shandong Tengxian robbery, robbery and injury will try to recruit people."

Another waiter read aloud and said aloud to the next book of memorials.

"Ok?"

Hearing this news, Emperor Jiajing's face instantly became gloomy.

"Yu Bo, I have heard that there are so many thieves in all directions, why do you sit and watch, and ignore the urgent situation at all, and call on the governors to strictly supervise and arrest those who ignore you, and you must rule by law."

It is very rare in history for thieves to harm people, not to mention that it happened in the Jiajing Dynasty. Emperor Jiajing always believed that the Ming Dynasty he ruled was peaceful and peaceful, that is, there were some problems in Bianzhen and Jiangnan due to Japanese invasion. .

Now the Shandong side reports that there are thieves and hurt the candidates, which he cannot tolerate.

The memorials were processed one by one, and the situation reported by various parties made Emperor Jiajing very unhappy today, and the joyful mood that his body gradually recovered disappeared.

At this time, a court lady brought today's medicinal soup, and Emperor Jiajing frowned slightly when he saw it.

Long-term practice and taking pills made him instinctively reject the decoction. He couldn't help himself in the first two days, but now he doesn't want to continue taking the decoction.

"Take it away, I don't need soup and medicine to recuperate."

Emperor Jiajing spoke, and then ordered to Huang Jin: "Bring the Wanchun Pill I refined."

"My lord, this is"

"Go quickly."

Huang Jin was about to speak again, but was directly rejected by Emperor Jiajing.

"jingle jingle."

A bell rang, and a carriage slowly approached at the end of the street where Prince Yu's Mansion was located.

These days the situation in the capital is erratic, and many people in the capital feel that they avoid mansions like Prince Yu's Mansion, so there are not many people on the street, and it seems very deserted, just like the current weather makes people feel chilly.

Feng Bao felt groggy for the past few days, and since that night, he has kept his current appearance.

Anyone who was kicked out from the Supervisor of Rituals would not be happy if he was sent to Prince Yu's mansion to do errands, even if King Yu was the de facto prince and would be able to ascend to the position of Ninth Five-Year Supreme in the future.

Don't forget that there is Li Fang who has been with King Yu for many years, Feng Bao can only be inferior to Li Fang when he goes to King Yu's mansion now, and he may not be able to gain King Yu's trust.

"Godfather, Prince Yu's Mansion is here."

At this time, the carriage stopped suddenly, and then Feng Bao heard the servant who was driving the carriage calling softly.

Not only Feng Bao was hit, but even Feng Bao's godson was also hit.

Many people said nothing on the surface, but they have already started looking for backers behind their backs.

Feng Bao is no longer trustworthy, and he is relied on.

Although it is such an environment, there are still servants who will never leave Feng Bao, such as this one, who is willing to follow Feng Bao to leave the palace and come to Prince Yu's Mansion.

The stubbornness at the palace gate was nothing but his last pride, anyway, he used to be a supervisor of ceremonies.

However, after he yelled out the first time, he didn't get a reply from the carriage. After a long time, he called out twice, and finally brought Feng Bao in the car back to his senses.

"Here we are, good."

Feng Bao agreed, got out of the carriage a little dullly, and glanced at the closed door.

This is the side door of Prince Yu's Mansion, he didn't come to pass the decree, he was dispatched here, so naturally he can't enter the Palace through the gate.

"Call the door."

Feng Bao gave an order, and the little servant immediately stepped forward and slapped the door knocker, "clang, clang, clang"

"What? Someone from the palace?"

A servant came into the courtyard to inform Yin Shizhen and others of the situation outside, knowing that a eunuch from the palace was going to enter the palace, Tang Ruji said with some surprise.

After holding back in Prince Yu's Mansion for a few days, the palace finally remembered this place.

Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde and Zhang Juzheng frowned. They already knew that the visitor had come to the side entrance of the palace instead of the main entrance. Puzzling.

Although in a few days, the tense atmosphere in Prince Yu's Mansion has eased, it still hasn't relaxed.

"Please."

Although he didn't want to understand, Yin Shizhen also knew that it was impossible to hang people out of the mansion, and he still wanted to invite him in to talk, so he sent someone to inform King Yu and Li Fang in the inner courtyard while asking people to invite him into the palace.

Not long after, Wei Guangde saw Feng Bao, and within a few words, they also knew the purpose of Feng Bao's visit.

The eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, went to Yuwang's mansion as an servant.

Wei Guangde felt that there was something wrong with his ears, but when he saw the official document Feng Bao took out with the seal of the Supervisor of Rites, he believed it.

Feng Bao was really assigned to Prince Yu's Mansion on business.

When he saw Feng Bao for the first time, he was the one who asked Chen Ju to talk. At that time, he knew that Feng Bao was actually the supervisor of ceremonies, and he was still puzzled, because he vaguely remembered that the eunuch had an alliance relationship with Zhang Juzheng. Because the two control the power of the inner and outer courts, they can have power over the government and the opposition.

However, Feng Bao had already been in the position of Li Jian Bingbi in the Jiajing Dynasty, how did he hook up with Zhang Juzheng.

I remember what I saw before, it seems that Feng Bao should be working in Prince Yu's mansion.

At that time, Wei Guangde once thought that there were two Feng Baos, one in the palace, and there should be another one in Yu Wang's mansion, and that was the one who was in contact with Zhang Juzheng.

But after being in Prince Yu's Mansion for so long, he has already found out that there is no eunuch named Feng Bao in Prince Yu's Mansion.

Seeing Feng Bao, Wei Guangde suddenly thought, since Feng Bao has arrived here, does it mean that the little Wanli emperor will be born soon?

At this time, King Yu finally arrived late.

Feng Bao immediately knelt down to salute to King Yu. Eunuchs are always slaves of the royal family, not to mention that Feng Bao has been sent to the palace, and King Yu will be his master in the future.

The arrival of Feng Bao did not bring much change to Prince Yu's Mansion, although the atmosphere became more relaxed.

Feng Bao had already left the Prison of Rituals in the past few days. After Emperor Jiajing decided to dispatch him, Feng Bao never entered the Prison of Rituals again.

Although he didn't know the situation in the prison recently, he brought positive news that Emperor Jiajing was in good health, except for an occasional cold. It was a little dangerous for the past two days, but he is now fine.

As a result, everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion also restored the situation at that time.

Emperor Jiajing fainted suddenly due to the wind and cold, and made emergency arrangements before fainting. This was the situation that caused panic in the imperial court and the entry of the Beijing army into the city to control the various gates of the capital.

"Li Fang, take Eunuch Feng down to rest."

Although there is no doubt that Feng Bao is the person sent by the palace to spy on the news of King Yu's mansion, but King Yu will not trust him immediately.

After Li Fang left with Feng Bao, King Yu smiled to everyone in the room: "It seems that a few days ago was a false alarm."

"Hehe, yes, in fact, we also had this guess on the second day of the lockdown between Zhu Xizhong and the brothers, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible for such a long time without any movement."

Yin Shiyan smiled and said.

With the passage of time, in fact, the tense atmosphere in Prince Yu's Mansion has long since relaxed, and it is no longer the same.

"Shan Loan, what do you think, can we completely relax our guard today?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Wei Guangde and asked.

"It should be that we are being too cautious."

Wei Guangde also smiled at this time, "If nothing happens, everyone can go home today."

Feng Bao was dispatched from the palace to Prince Yu's Mansion as a punishment for his mistakes. It can be seen that Emperor Jiajing is still in control of the situation, so it is useless for everyone to continue guarding here, it is better to return early.

"In this way, the Gujiao people set up a banquet to thank you for your hard work in the past few days."

Yu Wang said loudly with a smile at this time.

A few days ago, I was worried, so although everyone stayed in Yuwang's mansion, Yuwang didn't have the heart to set up a banquet.

Today is finally relaxing, Lord Yu can start to enjoy again.

Xiyuan, in Yuxi Palace.

After Emperor Jiajing reviewed a batch of memorials, he suspended his official duties because of a headache.

After taking the elixir, he rested for a while, and his spirit recovered.

However, he did not continue to ask Gao Zhong to send memorandums. The official affairs are endless. After finishing today's work, there will still be a pile of it tomorrow, which is worthless.

Picking up the books he had read in the past two days from the bookshelf, Emperor Jiajing leaned on the imperial couch and read them carefully.

This is a Taoist classic included in the "Yongle Canon". It is an isolated copy that is no longer available on the market.

Emperor Jiajing really liked "Yongle Dadian". Since he came to the throne, he directly used it as a necessary reference classic and often quoted it in the court. Later, he discovered many lost Taoist classics and cherished it even more.

"My lord, Duke Cheng Zhu Xizhong is asking for an audience outside the palace?"

At this time, Huang Jin suddenly reported in a low voice.

"What's the matter?"

Emperor Jiajing put down the book in his hand and asked.

"The officials of the imperial court have a lot of criticisms about the closed ban, and the three elders of the court take turns to come to Xiyuan to ask for an audience, Cheng Guogong thinks."

"I know."

Before Huang Jin could speak, Emperor Jiajing interrupted, "The capital and the ban can return to normal, the three elders. Let them concentrate on their official duties, and say that my body still needs to be cultivated, and I will call in a few days later."

"According to the order."

After agreeing in a low voice, Huang Jin withdrew from the side hall, conveying that Emperor Jiajing's decree had gone.

Following the conveyance of Emperor Jiajing's will, the Jingying army led by Ge Jin withdrew from the Deshengmen to the barracks. The vigilance of the city was restored, and everything returned to normal, and all the officials in the court were relieved.

"Brother Chen, you didn't inform my brother in advance about what happened last time, which caused me to be terrified in Prince Yu's Mansion for several days."

After the capital returned to prosperity, Wei Guangde invited Chen Ju for a drink that day, so naturally he had to complain about Chen Ju without notifying Prince Yu's mansion in advance.

"Hey, hey, Eunuch Huang entrusted me with the farthest errand that day, so I don't have time to contact you."

Chen Ju shook his head and smiled wryly.

Just kidding, Huang Jin took out all the golden swords for dispatching troops. He really didn't dare to delay for a while, let alone inform others.

"Has your majesty recovered his dragon body in the past few days? Why hasn't he summoned the cabinet ministers for so long?"

Wei Guangde finally asked the question in his heart.

The capital returned to normal, but Xiyuan has not summoned the cabinet ministers, and the officials from the foreign courts have not been seen since Emperor Jiajing fell ill, so there is naturally a lot of concern.

Although Prince Yu's Mansion knew a lot about it, it also asked Wei Guangde to contact Chen Ju, hoping to learn more about it.

"The emperor's body is still the same these two days, and he feels cold from time to time. He always takes pills to practice."

"Your Majesty didn't take the decoction?"

As soon as Chen Ju told about Emperor Jiajing taking the elixir, he was interrupted by Wei Guangde.

"I took the decoction for two days at first, and then the elixir, we dare not say that."

Chen Ju still smiled wryly, can you expect the slave to order the master to eat?
Wei Guangde shook his head, feeling a little unbelievable, and heard Chen Ju's words in his ears.

"The emperor spends some time every day dealing with official business. He always chooses urgent matters, and he just reads "Yongle Dadian" to pass the time."

"Your Majesty watching "Yongle Dadian"?"

Wei Guangde asked in surprise.

"Yes, His Majesty likes to watch it very much."

Wei Guangde didn't know that Emperor Jiajing liked to read "Yongle Dadian", but he also knew that the current set in the palace was an isolated copy, and the original in Nanjing had been destroyed, even the manuscript was burned.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde's heart suddenly moved.

(End of this chapter)